ES Command - Store Soft Font
Description This com mand is used to down load and store
soft fonts in mem ory.
Soft fonts can be down loaded to and de leted from
the printer from the Soft Font Downloader Util ity,
CAL Tools or CAL3.
Syntax ES"FONTNAME"p
1
p
2
p
3
a
1
b
1
c
1
“DATA
1
”a
2
b
2
c
2
“DATA
2
” ... a
n
b
n
c
n
“DATA
n
”
Parameters “FONTNAME” = One let ter font name
Range: a-z, Lower Case
• Lower Case named fonts min i mize soft font
mem ory us age to only store fonts down -
loaded and have 256 char ac ter limit.
The fol low ing use hex a dec i mal
cod ing for pa ram e ter val ues.
p
1
: Num ber of char ac ters to be down loaded
Range: 00 - FF hex. (0-255 dec i mal)
for 1 to 256 fonts per soft font set.
p
2
: Char ac ter Ro ta tion
• 00 hex. = 0 and 180 de grees
• 01 hex. = 90 and 270 de grees (clock wise)
• 02 hex. = Both 0 and 180 de gree ro ta tion
pair and the 90 and 270 de gree ro ta tion pair
p
3
: Font Height
Range: 00 to FF hex.
Mea sured in dots and ex pressed as a
hex a dec i mal num ber, i.e. 1B hex. = 27
dots
Font height in cludes accentors and dis -
sent ers of char ac ters and need to fit in
the char ac ter cell
• 203 dpi print ers =
256 dots = 1.26 inches = 32.03 mm
• 300 dpi print ers = 00 to FF hex.
256 dots = 0.85 inches = 21.67 mm
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